Special program

60th anniversary of Japanese Peptide Symposium: Development of peptide science

November 9, 9:30 am – 9:40 am (JST)
Saburo Aimoto
Former president, The Japanese Peptide Society
Professor Emeritus, Osaka University, Japan
Sixty years of peptide science in Japan
November 9, 9:40 am – 10:05 am (JST)
Joel P. Schneider
American Peptide Society
National Cancer Institute, USA
Peptide materials from self-assembly and their use in therapy
November 9, 10:05 am – 10:30 am (JST)
Annette G. Beck-Sickinger
European Peptide Society
University of Leipzig, Germany
Innovative strategies for biomaterials: modifying surfaces with biomimetic coatings
November 9, 10:45 am – 11:10 am (JST)
David J. Craik
Australian Peptide Association
University of Queensland, Australia
Applications of cyclotides in agriculture and medicine
November 9, 11:10 am – 11:35 am (JST)
Anna Maria Papini
European Peptide Society
University of Florence, Italy
From serpin A1 to KP1 protecting dermal collagen from degradation: the story of a peptide-based cosmeceutical into the market and beyond
November 9, 11:35 am – 12:00 pm (JST)
T. Govindaraju
Indian peptide Society
Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, India
Designer pepetidomemetics to study and modualate multifacted toxicity of Alzheimer’s disease
November 9, 1:20 pm – 1:45 pm (JST)
Soo Hyuk Choi
Korean Peptide Protein Society
Yonsei University, South Korea
Characterization of mixed-helical unnatural peptides and their applications
November 9, 1:45 pm – 2:10 pm (JST)
Joseph J. Barchi Jr.
American Peptide Society
National Cancer Institute, USA
Glycosylation of tumor-associated mucin peptides and their antitumor properties
November 9, 2:10 pm – 2:30 pm (JST)
Kazuyasu Sakaguchi
President, The Japanese Peptide Society
Hokkaido University, Japan
Expression of novel functional polypeptides “r-peptides” encoded by latent OFFs in bacterial ribosomal RNAs in response to antibiotics

Invited lectures

November 9, 4:14 pm – 4:39 pm (JST)
Yeongju Lee
Pusan National University, South Korea
Selective Degradation of Transcription Coactivator SRC-1 via the N-degron Pathway

Award lectures

“Japanese Peptide Society Award” lecture

November 10, 4:50 pm – 5:35 pm (JST)
Otaka, Akira
Tokushima University
Side reaction-inspired peptide and protein chemistry

“Young Investigator Award” lectures

November 10, 4:10 pm – 4:30 pm (JST)
Yamada, Yuji
Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science
Application of cell adhesive peptides to biomaterials
November 10, 4:30 pm – 4:50 pm (JST)
Suyama, Keitaro
Kyushu University
Investigation of the molecular mechanism involved in the temperature-responsive self-assembly of elastin-like peptide (FPGVG)n analogs and their application in molecular materials